Minesweeper meets Hollywood, hilariously

August 21, 2007|- Eyal Goldshmid

Minesweeper: The Movie

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Sergeant: "Why are you here?" Recruit: "Because I'm bored." Sergeant: "Don't you forget that!" That's one of the many exchanges you'll hear in this hilarious parody short, which offers a taste of what Hollywood might produce if it made an action feature based on the Windows game Minesweeper. In addition to a plot that sticks remarkably close to the game's rules, the video features plenty of classic big-budget touchstones, like a group of rag-tag trainees trying to survive an impossible training session, a crusty instructor with a tragic past, a villain with a Clint Eastwood-like rasp and plenty of needless explosions. It's a perfect alternative to the summer movie season's current offerings, if you think about it.